PMID- 30970711
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20200930
IS  - 2073-4360 (Electronic)
IS  - 2073-4360 (Linking)
VI  - 9
IP  - 2
DP  - 2017 Jan 25
TI  - Methacrylate-Based Copolymers for Polymer Optical Fibers.
LID - 10.3390/polym9020034 [doi]
LID - 34
AB  - Waveguides made of poly-methyl-methacrylate (PMMA) play a major role in the 
      homogeneous distribution of display backlights as a matrix for solid-state dye 
      lasers and polymer optical fibers (POFs). PMMA is favored because of its 
      transparency in the visible spectrum, low price, and well-controlled 
      processability. Nevertheless, technical drawbacks, such as its limited 
      temperature stability, call for new materials. In this work, the copolymerization 
      technique is used to modify the properties of the corresponding homopolymers. The 
      analytical investigation of fourteen copolymers made of methyl-methacrylate (MMA) 
      or ethyl-methacrylate (EMA) as the basis monomer is summarized. Their 
      polymerization behaviors are examined by NMR spectroscopy with subsequent 
      copolymerization parameter evaluation according to Fineman-Ross and Kelen-Tudos. 
      Therefore, some r-parameter sets are shown to be capable of copolymerizations 
      with very high conversions. The first applications as high-temperature resistant 
      (HT) materials for HT-POFs are presented. Copolymers containing 
      isobornyl-methacrylate (IBMA) as the comonomer are well-suited for this demanding 
      application.
FAU - Zaremba, Daniel
AU  - Zaremba D
AD  - Technische Universitat Braunschweig, Institut fur Hochfrequenztechnik, Labor fur 
      Elektrooptik, Bienroder Weg 94, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany. 
      daniel.zaremba@ihf.tu-bs.de.
FAU - Evert, Robert
AU  - Evert R
AD  - Technische Universitat Braunschweig, Institut fur Hochfrequenztechnik, Labor fur 
      Elektrooptik, Bienroder Weg 94, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany. 
      robert.evert@ihf.tu-bs.de.
FAU - Neumann, Laurie
AU  - Neumann L
AD  - Technische Universitat Braunschweig, Institut fur Hochfrequenztechnik, Labor fur 
      Elektrooptik, Bienroder Weg 94, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany. 
      laurie.neumann@tu-bs.de.
FAU - Caspary, Reinhard
AU  - Caspary R
AD  - Technische Universitat Braunschweig, Institut fur Hochfrequenztechnik, Labor fur 
      Elektrooptik, Bienroder Weg 94, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany. r.caspary@tu-bs.de.
FAU - Kowalsky, Wolfgang
AU  - Kowalsky W
AD  - Technische Universitat Braunschweig, Institut fur Hochfrequenztechnik, Labor fur 
      Elektrooptik, Bienroder Weg 94, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany. 
      wolfgang.kowalsky@ihf.tu-bs.de.
FAU - Menzel, Henning
AU  - Menzel H
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4915-7311
AD  - Technische Universitat Braunschweig, Institut fur Technische Chemie, Abt. 
      Makromolekulare Stoffe, Hans-Sommer-Str. 10, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany. 
      h.menzel@tu-bs.de.
FAU - Johannes, Hans-Hermann
AU  - Johannes HH
AD  - Technische Universitat Braunschweig, Institut fur Hochfrequenztechnik, Labor fur 
      Elektrooptik, Bienroder Weg 94, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany. 
      h2.johannes@ihf.tu-bs.de.
LA  - eng
GR  - 16V0010/German Federal Ministry of Education and Research/
GR  - 20E1510/German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170125
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Polymers (Basel)
JT  - Polymers
JID - 101545357
PMC - PMC6431916
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - POF
OT  - Q,e-scheme
OT  - copolymer
OT  - methacrylate
OT  - reactivity ratios
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2017/01/25 00:00
MHDA- 2017/01/25 00:01
PMCR- 2017/01/25
CRDT- 2019/04/12 06:00
PHST- 2016/11/28 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/01/10 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2017/01/18 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/04/12 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/01/25 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/01/25 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 2017/01/25 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - polym9020034 [pii]
AID - polymers-09-00034 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/polym9020034 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Polymers (Basel). 2017 Jan 25;9(2):34. doi: 10.3390/polym9020034.